USATODAY.com - Medicare official acknowledges problems

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USATODAY.com - Medicare official acknowledges problems: "Medicare official acknowledges problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of elderly poor people may have had trouble getting their medicine during the first two weeks of the government's prescription drug benefit, and about 20 states have been forced to step in to help them, the top Medicare official acknowledges.
In some cases, people are not showing up in databases as being enrolled in a Medicare plan. In some cases, people are not showing up in databases as being enrolled in a Medicare plan.
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The problems will be fixed, pledged Mark McClellan, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in an interview with The Associated Press."